ABSTRACT

This book provides the reader with an understanding of what color is, where color comes from, and how color can be used correctly in many different applications. The authors first treat the physics of light and its interaction with matter at the atomic level, so that the origins of color can be appreciated. The intimate relationship between energy

part I|2 pages

Principles

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|104 pages

Physics of Light

chapter 3|78 pages

Chemistry of Matter

chapter 4|52 pages

Human Vision

chapter 5|66 pages

Perception

part II|2 pages

Color Models

chapter 6|44 pages

Radiometry and Photometry

chapter 7|42 pages

Colorimetry

chapter 8|86 pages

Color Spaces

chapter 9|34 pages

Illuminants

chapter 10|40 pages

Chromatic Adaptation

chapter 11|66 pages

Color and Image Appearance Models

part III|2 pages

Digital Color Imaging

chapter 12|76 pages

Image Capture

chapter 13|34 pages

High Dynamic Range Image Capture

chapter 14|62 pages

Display Technologies

chapter 15|44 pages

Image Properties and Image Display

chapter 16|32 pages

Color Management

chapter 17|48 pages

Dynamic Range Reduction

chapter IV|32 pages

Appendices